Travel Policy

By Ubergizmo Team on 06/24/2012

Ubergizmo is an independent media organization, and we’re sometime asked if our various trips have been sponsored by a company. It’s a fair question, and while most media organizations do not disclose this information, we do.

In an ideal world, all tech events would happen nearby, where we could attend and go back to the office to work from the comfort of a desk with a huge display. Having writers wait at the airport and fly around is a drain of time and resources that actually costs money to Ubergizmo.

But it’s good to see things with our own eyes, so when we do need to travel, Ubergizmo pays for the very large majority of our trips. We’ve included the list below, if you are curious.

It may happen that a company organizes a specific event/conference at a location which is logistically convenient (to them) and chooses to fly and lodge reporters. Basically, it is more economical for the company to setup something near their local headquarters, but far from media hubs like New York and San Francisco (where we are based).

In any case, if we accept to have our lodging/travel arranged by a company, it is under the condition that coverage is optional (we don’t guarantee coverage) and independent (obviously). For transparency reasons, we add a disclaimer within each article produced under such conditions.

Finally, we do not participate in exotic “press tours” where there is more leisure than work.